House model



May 24, 1938.

F. BOLHUIS HOUSE MODEL Filed March 12, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 "II llllllllllllllllllll l -y 5 IN VEN TOR.

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0a, ATTORNEY Patented .May 24, 1938 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to house models, and more particularly to such structures as may be used by architects, contractors, or lumber com-- panies for demonstration and selling purposes.

The objects of the invention are to provide such a house model having co-related inner and outer walls representing the interior and exterior walls of a house which walls are removable in order that other wall combinations having different interiors and exteriors may be substituted; and further, to provide such a house model by means of which a number of differing dormer arrangements may be demonstrated.

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side and front perspective view of the house model to whose frame co-relating interior and exterior walls have been assembled to show one possible arrangement of doors, windows, etc.;

Figure 2 is a side and rear perspective view thereof whose gable roofhas been removed to show its interior, certain of the inner and outer wall panels being shown in raised positions;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a side and front perspective View of the same frame but showing'a different arrangement of doors and windows detachably secured therewith;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the co-relating inner wall panels. of the house model shown in Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view on line 35 BG of Figure 4.

The model-shown in these drawings comprises a rectangular frame forming an enclosure having vertically disposed side walls I0 secured together at their opposite ends by wood screws II. Angle bars I2 are secured to the inside of the frame at each corner thereof, and similar angle bars I3 are secured to the outside of the frame at each corner thereof by machine screws I4 which pass through apertures in each outside angle bar I3 through a side wall I0 and into threaded engagement with the inside angle bar I2. i

The angle bars I2, I 3 are provided with vertically disposed panel-receiving slots I5, I6 respectively parallel with the adjacent side walls I0, 50 and the opposite ends of the inside panels I! hearing representations of the inside walls of a'house are inserted into the slots I5,,of the angle bars I2, Co-relating outside panels I8 bearing representations of the outside walls of the house are inserted at their end portions into the slots I6 of angle bars I3. Thus Figure 2 shows in a raised position an inside front panel I! having the same window and door arrangement as the outside front panel I8 shown in Figure 1 and an outer side panel I8 having the same window and door arrangement 5 as its co-relating inner panel I'I.

The outer panels I8 are here shown as provided with U-clips I9 secured to their inside upper edges which U-clips are adapted to fit over the side walls III of the frame and hook behind the 10 inside panels I'l for clamping these members together at the center. A suitable partitioning member is preferably detachably inserted within the interior of the frame and, as shown in Figure 2, is inconformity with the window and door ar- 16 rangement of the house shown in that view. Other partitioning members embodying different room arrangements may be.substituted for this member 20.

The sloping front of the gable roof 2I ispro- 2o vided' with laterally projecting stops 22, which serve as supports for a dormer 23 (see Figure 1) or for dormers 24 (see Figure 4). Other types of roofs and dormers may be used, those shown being merely illustrative.

. It will thus be seen that many examples of house construction may be demonstrated with the model. In instances wherein a definite floor plan is desired, a suitable partitioning member is disposed within the frame. Inner wall panels may then be selected to conform therewith and outer co-relating panels conforming to the inner panels are then inserted. This procedure may of course be reversed, the outer wall panels being first chosen, and the inner panels and partitions thereafter inserted to conform therewith. Prospective home purchasers may thus have a visual impression of a future home whose interchangeable panels may bear representations of a number of types of construction, such as frame, brick veneer 40 or stucco.

While but several specific embodiments of the invention have been herein shown and described, it will be understood that certain details thereof may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as the same is defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a structure of the class described, a frame having upstanding side walls, angle bars having vertically disposed panel-receiving slots secured to the frame adjacent its several exterior and interior corners, outer panels having opposite ends detachably inserted and retained within the slots of the exterior angle bars, and inner panels having opposite ends detachably inserted and retained within the slots 0! the interior angle bars.

2. In a structure of the class described, a frame having upstanding sidewalls, "angle bars having vertically disposed panel-receiving slots secured to the frame adjacent its several exterior and interior corners, outer panels bearing representations of the outside walls of a house and having opposite ends detachably inserted and retained within the slots of the exterior angle bars, and inner panels bearing representations of the inside 

